One dead after train, car collide in Redding

Updated 11:45 pm, Sunday, December 30, 2012

First responders attend the scene where a car was hit by a train near the intersection of Simpaug Turnpike and Long Ridge Road in West Redding Center, Conn., Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.

First responders attend the scene where a car was hit by a train near the intersection of Simpaug Turnpike and Long Ridge Road in West Redding Center, Conn., Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.

Photo: Michael Duffy

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This is the train which hit a car carrying four people near the intersection of Simpaug Turnpike and Long Ridge Road in West Redding Center, Conn., Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.

This is the train which hit a car carrying four people near the intersection of Simpaug Turnpike and Long Ridge Road in West Redding Center, Conn., Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.

Photo: Michael Duffy

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This is the scene where a car was hit by a train at a railroad crossing in West Redding Center Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.

This is the scene where a car was hit by a train at a railroad crossing in West Redding Center Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.

Photo: Michael Duffy

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Transit workers and Redding Police occupy the scene where a car was hit by a train near the intersection of Simpaug Turnpike and Long Ridge Road in West Redding Center, Conn., Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. The West Redding Train Station stands in the background. less

Transit workers and Redding Police occupy the scene where a car was hit by a train near the intersection of Simpaug Turnpike and Long Ridge Road in West Redding Center, Conn., Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. The West ... more

Photo: Michael Duffy

One dead after train, car collide in Redding

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REDDING -- One person died and three others were injured Sunday afternoon when a Metro-North work train collided with a car near the West Redding station.

Three people had to be extricated from the vehicle, a gray Subaru Outback with Connecticut plates, while the fourth person was outside the vehicle when West Redding firefighters and emergency personnel arrived about 1:20 p.m.